The Most Important Things I’ve Learned from Reading over 40 Books This Year
Lessons Learned From Reading More Than 40 Books in 2020
This year, I’ve been able to read 43 books so far. In dedicating hundreds, if not thousands, of hours to reading, I’ve learned some unexpected lessons.
Reading without applying knowledge is useless
Before diving into a book, it’s important to know why you’re reading this book. What do you want to get out of it? What do you expect to learn from it? How can you apply what you learn to your life? We shouldn’t simply read to regurgitate random information and be able to tell others about how well-read we are.
There is little point in reading if you don’t apply what you’ve learned.
Quality over quantity
Reading a few, great books and getting as much as you can from them is better than reading dozens of books and barely learning anything. I’d rather read a few books and deeply understand them than read a bunch of books and only understand them on a superficial level. With reading, you get out what you put in. I’ve learned that the level of attention you can give to a book will determine how much you get out of it.
